Weather alerts in Massachusetts, May 2013

127 weather alerts in May 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 127
Warnings: 36
Watches: 9
Advisories: 42
Busiest day: May 22, 201326 alerts

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By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 4:00 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
May 5, 4:05 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		41 hr
May 6, 9:22 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		5 hr
May 6, 4:17 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	18 hr
May 7, 3:22 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		50 hr
May 9, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	58 min
May 9, 3:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	53 min
May 9, 4:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	54 min
May 9, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	42 min
May 9, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Suffolk	46 min
May 9, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		45 min
May 9, 6:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	113 min
May 9, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	52 min
May 10, 4:19 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		57 hr
May 11, 5:24 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket	2 hr
May 11, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	71 min
May 11, 7:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	3 hr
May 12, 3:53 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	BOX	Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	12 hr
May 12, 7:34 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		30 hr
May 13, 3:50 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester	27 hr
May 13, 3:50 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	27 hr
May 14, 4:02 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
May 14, 3:08 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	16 hr
May 14, 3:08 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	ALY	Berkshire	16 hr
May 16, 4:14 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		18 hr
May 17, 10:06 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		6 hr
May 18, 3:49 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		64 hr
May 20, 3:56 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	18 hr
May 20, 7:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	118 min
May 21, 12:54 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	66 min
May 21, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkshire	10 hr
May 21, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	7 hr
May 21, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	64 min
May 21, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	47 min
May 21, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	67 min
May 21, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	65 min
May 21, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	38 min
May 21, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	64 min
May 21, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	48 min
May 21, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	41 min
May 21, 4:37 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	53 min
May 21, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	49 min
May 21, 4:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Berkshire	33 min
May 21, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	42 min
May 21, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Worcester	49 min
May 21, 5:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Berkshire	29 min
May 21, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	64 min
May 21, 5:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Worcester	2 hr
May 21, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Worcester	44 min
May 21, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	66 min
May 21, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	24 min
May 21, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Suffolk	50 min
May 21, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		50 min
May 21, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		64 min
May 21, 8:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	61 min
May 21, 8:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	23 min
May 21, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	41 min
May 21, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		63 min
May 21, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	45 min
May 21, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	39 min
May 21, 10:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Franklin	67 min
May 21, 11:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	6 hr
May 21, 11:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	44 min
May 22, 12:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	117 min
May 22, 3:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	6 hr
May 22, 4:25 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		5 days
May 22, 5:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Berkshire	4 hr
May 22, 11:31 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire	119 min
May 22, 12:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	10 hr
May 22, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Berkshire	10 hr
May 22, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	84 min
May 22, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	34 min
May 22, 4:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin	92 min
May 22, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	40 min
May 22, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	65 min
May 22, 5:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	Franklin	42 min
May 22, 5:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	Franklin	50 min
May 22, 5:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	Franklin, Worcester	46 min
May 22, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Worcester	45 min
May 22, 7:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire	94 min
May 22, 8:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin	54 min
May 23, 4:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ALY	Berkshire	23 hr
May 23, 10:12 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
May 23, 11:23 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	3 hr
May 23, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	2 hr
May 23, 2:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	119 min
May 23, 2:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr
May 23, 3:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Hampden	115 min
May 23, 5:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	2 hr
May 23, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr
May 23, 6:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	3 hr
May 23, 9:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	3 hr
May 23, 9:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 3 more	12 hr
May 24, 12:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable	47 min
May 24, 2:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	84 min
May 24, 3:36 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	3 hr
May 24, 4:02 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr
May 24, 5:31 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	3 hr
May 24, 5:54 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		4 hr
May 24, 6:02 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	BOX	Bristol	11 hr
May 24, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk	62 min
May 25, 4:24 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		24 hr
May 25, 4:24 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
May 25, 4:08 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	12 hr
May 25, 4:14 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		30 hr
May 26, 4:14 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	27 hr
May 26, 4:34 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Franklin	14 hr
May 27, 4:17 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	12 hr
May 28, 3:55 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
May 29, 11:38 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	2 hr
May 29, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkshire	8 hr
May 29, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	4 hr
May 29, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	61 min
May 29, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	54 min
May 29, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	37 min
May 29, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	55 min
May 29, 8:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	59 min
May 29, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	55 min
May 29, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	58 min
May 29, 8:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr
May 29, 8:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	60 min
May 29, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	56 min
May 29, 9:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	67 min
May 29, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk	61 min
May 29, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Plymouth, Suffolk	59 min
May 30, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	27 min
May 31, 4:59 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	18
Tornado Warning	5
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	5
Mesoscale Discussion	10
Special Weather Statement	28
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	3
River Flood Warning	2
Flash Flood Watch	2
Areal Flood Advisory	17
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	5
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	3
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Statement	1
Rip Current Statement	1
Marine
Gale Warning	2
Special Marine Warning	4
Gale Watch	1
Small Craft Advisory	11
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	5

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

Nearby

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.